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THE SIX China

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HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

25, Queen's Road C., & at Stubbs Road. The Hong Kong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.

No. 27,658

ANOTHER CRISIS IN SEQUEL TO FRENCH

COAL INDUSTRY.

Unprepared to Accept Wage Reductions.

STOPPAGE LIKELY.

London, Yesterday.

BANK SCANDAL.

Financier Arrested on Embezzlement Charge.

£10,000,000 INVOLVED.,

Freedom of Action.

Paris, Yesterday. It is stated that Lancashire is M. Oustrie has been arrested far from pleased at the Miners' on charges of fraud and embezzle- Federation decision that the ment totalling £10,000,000. This Federation is unprepared to ac-is a sequel to the judicial en- cept wage reduction as a result of quiry opened in 1927 into the the seven and a half hour day, activities of a newspaper used for or to bargain with the owners, the publication of fictitious quo- based on the statutory clause tations. which permits a spreadover of hours. North Wales, South Wales, Cumberland, Scotland, and M. Falcoz and M. Lautier, possibly some Midland districts Under Secretaries of Public will, according to Mr. A. J. Cook, Works and Fine Arts, respective- be involved in stoppages on ly, have resigned in order to have December 1, unless the position full freedom of action when they in the meantime alters.

appear before the commission of The delegates--to the conferenquiry on the Oustric Bank ence reassemble on December 4. scandal. They stated that they In the meantime, Mr. Tom had perfectly honourable relations Roberts, the President, has gone with the bank as customers, to South Wales, where the Mine- owners' Association offer of a spreadover was rejected after the

Full Liberty.

The State Under Secretaries, miners' representatives had heard M. Falcoz and M. Lautier, desir the Miners' Federation's decision. ous to have full liberty to give the On the eve of the announcement Parliamentary Enquiry Com- of the Railway Trade Union's re-mittee explanations about their plies to the directors' proposed quite normal relations with the cuts in wages, which is understood Oustric Bank, which crashed re- to be emphatic, their rejection is cently, have resigned their Gov- announced. The London, Mid-ernmental functions. They will land and Scottish Railway have not be replaced.-Reuter. decided to reduce directors' fens

by 25 per cent.

Invited to Work."

SHIPPING ORDINANCE.

The following regulations have A Government telegram asks the owners to meet the workmen, beon made by the Governor in

to conclude the temporary ar- Council under section 82 (2) of the rangements and continue work Merchant

Federation conference next week.

Shipping Ordinance,

pending &further Miners 1899, Ordinance No. 10 of 1899.`

Table P in the Schedule to the

Shipping

It also asks the workmen to

Ordinance,

meet employers and endeavour to Merchant return to work on December 1. 1899, as amended by the Regulation The Minery Federation has tele- of January 31, 1929, is further graphed its district associations amended as follows:-

advising them immediately to en- deavour to make temporary ar- tangements to work seven and a half hours on the best terms ob- tainable on day to day contracts until the conference meeting on December 4.

Averting a Stoppage.

(1) by the deletion of the worda "or other" in the heading.

(ii)

by the insertion of the worde "other than river steamers," after the words "all ships" at the commencement of regula tion 1.

(H)" by the substitution of the Agure and word "4 cents" for the figure and word "2 cents" at the end of regulation 1. by the substitution of the figures and word "11⁄2 centa" for the words "five-sixths of a cent" in regulation 3. The foregoing regulation shall come into operation on January 1.

The Mines Department an- nounce that following the Miners' Conference decision, Mr. W. Graham and Mr. Shinwell met re- presentatives of the Miners' (iv) Federation and the Mining Asso- ciation. The Government subae- quently telegraphed owners and miners in the districts affected by the decision with a view to avert-: ing a stoppage. ·

Serious Situation.

A serious situation has develop- ed in the coal industry in conse

FOR EXCESSIVE CRYING!

Library, Supreme Court

Business Manèger,

Mail

BLISHED

846

HONG KONG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1930.

POSTAL PACKETS.

FACILITIES FOR SMALL

ARTICLES.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE,

The regulations made by the |Governor in Council under section 3 of the Post Office Ordinance, |1926, on June 24, 1926, have been further amended by the insertion, next after regulation 7, of the following regulation,-

LEAGUE'S PART IN DRUGS SEIZURE.

Information Supplied About Italian Steamer.

i

SECRET ORGANISATION,

Geneva, Yesterday.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/2 15/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

IMPERIAL PAKLEY.

GENERAL DISCUSSION TO OPEN

ON MONDAY.

THE FEDERAL QUESTIONS.

Rugby, Yesterday. The first full meeting of the on- larged Federal Relations Com- mittee of the Indian Round Table Conference met this afternoon. The Prime Minister preaided and explained that it was proposed to on the

ST. ANDREW'S STAKES.

Big Fields in Every Race This Afternoon.

WATCH FOR OUTSIDERS.

[By Wombat."]

это

Wainty Eyeglasses

N. LAZARUS

Ophthalmic Optician 13, Queen's Road Central

BEER AND ALCOHOL FOR HONG KONG.

A Local Brewery and Distillery.

PROSPECTUS PUBLISHED.

The public of this Colony have `, 7A.—(1) |_ A new class of: The Commissioner of Customs have a general discussion

We shall have plenty of starters long been. Interested in the large postal packets called "Small in Shanghel, has informed the beads of the subject prepared by to make a good day's sport at the reclamation and development work. Packets" is authorised with the Secretary General of the League Lord Chancellor Sankey, then Eleventh Extra Race Meeting to being done at Sham. Teeng on the object of affording facilities, in of Nations that large quantities of remit them to a special Sub-Com- be held by the Hong Kong Jockey Castle Peak Road, and it has long the international service, for dangerous drugs were aboard the mittee for a ninvestigation of the Club this afternoon. Some use been known that the establishment the transmission of small arti-Itallan steamer Cracovia.

Implications and for a suggestion, ful ponies will be seen in action, of a brewery and distillery on a cles of merchandise in the The drugs, the seizure of which of methods for overcoming dif- especially in the St. Andrew's portion of this site was contemplat

The Sub-Committee's re- Stakes and the Glasgow Handicaped. letter mails. The exchange of was affected as a result of informaculties.

Now, after months of preli small packets is limited to those tion supplied by the League Secre. Dort would be considered by a Com-"A" Class. Nationalist H., Pre-minary work, the prospectus of the countries which have agreed to tarlat, were shipped from Con-mittee of the whole Conference and sident Hall, and Sitting Bull will Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers participate in the service. stantinople. It was stated that the Prime Minister hoped that the contest the big event. and it Limited, has been issued, and the they were intended for the Unit-conference would succeed in em- should turn out to be one of the particulars set forth in our adver (2) The maximum dimen-ed States.

bodying the conclusións in a series best races of the season.

tising columns to-day will be re- sions of a small packet are 18 A Jecret organisation

of reaolutiorts. has

It was agreed that In the Glasgow Handicap it ceived with considerable interest, in. by 8 in. by 4 in, or if in roll been discovered whose object Mr. Justice Sankey's heade should will be equally difficult to pick and the establishment of this un- form 18 in. in length and 6 in, is to ship drug to the

United be adopted as a provisional agenda. the winner, as the field have all derstanding in the Colony will be in diameter, and the limit of States. The solgure Includes 688 In the document by Mr. Justice got an equal chance in this event widely welcomed. weight is 2 lb.

pounds of heroin concealed amon, Sankey the heads of the subjects Royal Flush is well thought of, The personnel of the Board of

were profaced by what was do-likewise Boxing Eve and Chesa Directors, which consists of a num scribed as a preamble. After some peake Bay, while Elliot Bay has ber of the leading business men itself an discussion on the proposal to amend a very good chance of claiming of the Colony, is in the wording of this to include the this mile event. The Novice, amplo indication that the business

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(3) The prohibitions applica-raisins, jam, and kerosene, and 623 ble to the letter post apply also rounds of morphine-Router, to the service of small packets,

Warsaw, Yesterday.

word dominion, it was agreed to Race should prove interesting as will be run by capable men who regard it simply as an introduction there are some good ponies op-know local conditions. It is has to the heads of subjects and not as posed to each other here, and it long been realised that the large a preamble defining the character will be hard to pick the winner, consumption of beer, and al- of the contemplated constitution. Selections:- Mr. Justice Sankey gave an expoel- |

1st Race. tion of the scope of the head of number one, namely, the component | Glenae," Heretofore,

Startera-Big Ching,

cotiol in the Far East, more than justify the establish- Dunce,ment is this Colony of a brewery

In addition, the following are specially excluded from trans- POLICEMAN KILLED. mission in small packets.—

NEW LIGHT ON ILL-TREATMENT Letters, notes or docu- ment's having the character

OF GERMANS. of actual and personal car- respondence (this prohibi-

MURDER CHARGE. tion does not apply to open invoices reduced to the simplest form, the address of the article, and the sender's A Polish communique, replying Committee should be appointed by The winner should be address); coin; banknotes; to the German atatement of Nov-the Chairman after consultation currency notes; negotiable ember 27, declares that a Polish with the Business Committee to re- instruments payable to bear-police officer died of Injuries re port on the types of federal struc- er; platinum, gold or, silver, ceived during the disturbances, tures and the component elements manufactured or not; pre- and a German doctor refused to of the same. cious stones; jewels and other attend him. All those arrested valuable articles; postage and chadith "hil murder be stamps, whether obliterated long to the German minority. The It was later announced that the Stag, Ficalilli, Duke of Chantilly, pertations from abroad is an im

King and distillery capable of produc- elements of federation.. After Throstle, Kom Tong Hall, Little ing beer and alcohol of first class discussion it was agreed that a Sub-River, Ploughman, The Bruiser, quality...

or not.

ject to the requirements for samples of merchandise as re-

The Sub-Committee.

KOM TONG HALL.

2nd Race.

Our Imports.

Importa into Hong Kong alone. average over a period of six years Starters Elliot Bay, Royal about 600,000 gallons of beer and Flush, Majestic Hall, Chesapeake 980,000 gallons of alcohol a year. Bay, Christmas Chimes, Winsome The unfavourable exchange on im-

portant factor which renders the early ́establishment of a brewery and distillery In this. Colony a likely propositión............. The fact that

which will be San Francisco. 1 like murede was due to the anti-Pollsh Sub-Committee,

ROYAL FLUSH. (4) Small packets are sub-to-Renter.

agitation by the local German pas-known as the Federal Structure Sub-Committee; comprises the

3rd Race." Chairman, Mr. Justice Bankey, and from the British Delegation Mr. Starters-Bridge Hall, all the required materials are duty Lees Smith, Lord Lothian and a Armony, Mount Elburz, Diana, Conservative delegate (to be Tarmacadam, Monk, Grey Dawn, nominated). From the Indian Cream Cracker, Good and Hot States Delegation are the Nawab Discord, Country Club. The win of Bhopal," the Maharaja of ner should be

GREY DAWN.

gards form, make up and pack- POLISH DICTATOR Ing (e.g. they must be sent in such a manner as to be easy of examination), In addition,

the name and address of the sender must be shown on the outside of the packet; and each packet must be conspicuously marked "Small Packet” in the top left-hand corner,

ILL-HEALTH FORCES HIS

RESIGNATION.

THE NEW PREMIER.

Bikaner, Akbar Hydari, Mirza Ismail, and Colonel Helser.

4th Race.

free in Hong Kong will enable boer and alcohol of the best quality, to be placed on the market at a very. moderate price...

..

The machinery and plant of the Brewery are to be supplied by the Skeda Works of Pilsen (the origin=" al' home of the Pilsener Beer), who

From the British India: De- legation are Sir Srinivasa Sastri, Starters Piccy, Tonbridge, will guarantee the first class qual Warsaw, Yesterday. Sapru, Ramaswani, Aiyar, Jayaker, Pagoda, City Hall, Tango, Shang-ity of the boer, and will furnish

CHRISTMAS BELLE,

This guarantee has been given after expert analysis of the water. by the Government. · Analyst- of Hong Kong and the Wahl-Heniús Institute of Fermentology Chicago,

(5) The rate of postage on

In resigning the Premiership Ujjal Singh, Jinnah, Shaf, Gavin, hai. Beau, Christmas Belle. The the services of an expert brewer. small packets shall be 32 cents through ill health Marshal Piland-Jones, Ramaswani, Mudallyar and best of these is for the first 8 ounces, and 8 ski has requested the President of Sultan Ahmed. It will begin its

on Monday morning. cents for each additional 2 the Republic to call on M. Blawek, work ounces or part of 2 ounces. The the Leader of the Government en-full Committee will meet fa the postage must be fully prepaid bloc, as Pilsudski's successor.afternoon to consider the remain-

der of the 12 heads!... by the sender.

(6) Small packets may be registered, but not insured.

PIRACY MEASURES.

DUTY OF MASTERS OF SHIP.

Reuter.

WORLD COURT,

AMERICA TO ADHERE TO THE

PROTOCOL.

The

5th Race. Starters Sitting Bull, Presi- dent Hall, Nationalist II. Pepper- mint, New Year's Eve, Hiawatha, My selection is

PRESIDENT HALL

6th Race.

Burma's Place Addressing the Committee Lord Sankey said that the first heading might seem to invite discussion a9, Burma for example, whether should be a component ualt ΟΙ Starters Lobster Bay, Mar. whether the Sind should be separ- quis Hall, Misty Eve, The Goods, ated from Bombay or what should Orlando, Blue Boy. The best be the position of the North West here is Frontier Province. That was not Washington, Yesterday. the Intention. It was hoped to President Hoover has announced exclude all such matters of detall until a later period, possibly until

SUBMITTED TO SENATE. -

quence of the decision of the A curious paragraph appeared Miners' Federation to reject the in the Police reports this morn- spread over system. This deci-ing. It stated that Chan Sing, a The regulations made by the sion, taken at A five boy of two years old, residing at Governor in Council under. section hour meeting of the Miners' 19, Chi Mei Alley, was removed to 7 of the Suppression of Piracy delegate

the Government Civil Hospital Ordinance, 1868, on March 18, to-day, causes difficulties for the suffering from burns to his face, 1928, have been amended as fol- districts in which they have said to have been caused through lows, been considering proposals, for a form of Chinese treatment, ad- (1) by the addition to regulation 8 both to the Senate and Congress new agreements, based thereon, ministered for excessive crying. of the following words during the coming session. Ret

“Such approval may be con-ter's American Service.

conference

It is feared that unless tempor A Chinese married woman has ary.agreement is reached section. been detained by the Police for

al stoppages will start, on Decem- enquiries.

ber 1. The attitude of the Feder-

ation may be gathered from the

fact that it adopted a recom.

MISTAKEN IDENTITY 7

mendation to consider that all dis- Mr. Kwok Kwan-mul, managing tricts should give notice for a partner of a firm at 169, Queen's national strike in the event of Street, has reported to the Police any one district being involved in that, whilst he was walking in the stoppage Beuter.

Hing Loong Street at about 11 Earlier Cables

o'clock laat night, three or four Rugby, Yesterday: Chinese men approached from be-- Hopes are considerably strength-hind and struck him sayeral blows ened that a stoppage in the South They then ran away. It appears Wales coalfeld, will be avoided. to be a case of mistaken identity,

The National Coal Board having for no attempt whatever was made axamined the miners" case through by the attackers to rob him, Pica out the day at mid-night issued a

statement that a unanimous con- clusion was reached which has boon

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embodied in the report, and for several coalfields where the owners warded to the parties concerned in and miners have come to termi the dispute. This is unoficially In North Wales, the first spread stated to recommend a spreadover over of hours has been accepted im of hours for South Wales without January 81 next on a basis of any reduction of wages. The elmo

a maximum of 45 hours a week at hour day wouldatun. continued

wage

In Durha

shift of

a half hou

will be wor

will be requ

and

workers! cent dél

veyed to masters and others in charge of ships by special or general in- atructions Issued from

time to time by the In- spector General of Police"; and d

(2) by the Insertion, next after re gulation 14, of the following regulation,

|

U.S.A.

· Manufacture of Ico

As a refrigerating plant will be required for the Brewery, the manu- facture of ice will also be under- taken, and a contract has already been entered inte, on behalf of the Company, with the Hong Kong Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd., for the supply to them ata remunerative price of whole of the Company's excess pro- duction of ice.

the

MISTY EVE.

7th Kare. Starters Monterey Bay a protocol for America's adherence after these questions have been O'Moon, Young Pretender, Christ It is proposed that the distillery - to the International Court of Jus-examined by the Sub-Committee. mas Frolic, African Eve, Fair should have an output capacity of tice at the Hague, to be submitted

What was to be discussed now Sport, Fifty Fifty, Crown Prince, 930,000 gallons per year of alcohol was the theory of what should be Pickle, Blue Heaven. I choose both for consumption and for In- the component elements of federa CHRISTMAS FROLIC”

dastrial purposes. tion. Theoretically there are sev-

REDUCED WAGES.

AGREEMENT WITH WORKERS

IN ITALY

MUSSOLINTS APPROVALT

* 8th Race.

~C02-gas will also be produced, as eral possibilities, firstly, unton of

a by product of both the brewery all States on the one hand and Starters Osiris, Sunning, and distillery. This gas is used for British India on the other, com-Movanagher, Mongolian Stag, As refrigeration and for aerating or bining to make R Federation; You Like It, Teuchit, Duke of carbonating purposen In derated secondly, federation of British Nermandy II, Billiards, Noukhail, water factories.

India, on the one side, Thracian, Shiny Pearl, The The capital is to be $8,000,000 and on the other the Staten Jamaica, Kiribilli. My pick is divided into 800,000 ordinary entering singly thirdly, federa-

NOUKHAIL,

shares of $10 each, but only 50,000, tion of which the component ele

shares ($500,000) are now being mienta, "wore "sach province and

9th Race.

Issued, as it is estimated that only 14A. The master or other

Rome, Yesterday.

each State..

Starters The Tiger, Little this amount will be required for person in charge of a ship

Representatives of the con... Three Factors. *

Thunder, Peppercorn, Fifty Fifty, the formation of the company--in- shall take effective mederations of industrial employ Three things must be borne in Crown Prince, Blue Boy. The cluding bulldinga, plant, machinery, sures to cause, and ha era and employees have submitted mind, firstly that British India was best here is --- thall cause movement

and working capital. The tett pro- for Signor Mussolini's approval at present a unitary State divided

THE TIGER.

fits on this capital outlayof his ship to be in accordan agreement whereby workmen's for the purposes of convenience

$500,000 are estimated at 24.5 per anca with these regula wagus on December 1 will be re-fato provinces and not a number

SELECTIONS.

cent. per annum. tions, and he shall tak duced by eight per cent-Reuter, of provinces federated to form a

Kom Tong Hall Heretofore. Ploughman.

effective measures to pre- vent, and he shall prevent the Con embarka

State; secondly, there was hardly

ou boat or LABOUR SECRETARY any organic connection between | the States or any two or more of them thirdly, there was no organic

fof day person

and the bringing on board NEW APPOINTMENT MADE IN comaction between the States or "of anything contrary to or not in accordance with

these, regulations.

·Sales:127-945

AMERICA

any one of them and British-India. Thus between the Government of India and the States there were treaties and sanada and powers re- sulting from the doctrine of para- mountcy, but the subjects of the States hot British subjects

1st Race

2nd Race

Royal Flush.. Chesapeake Bay,

· Majestic Hall. 3rd Race:

Grey Dawn. Mount Elburs Bridge Hall

4th Race

nds of subjects for discus-Christmas Belle, alen under the first bead which en- trenched somewhat on other heads

the Kallan having been indicated, the general miner discussion – was dropped and, the referred to the Sub-

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and the Com tee British Wireless Ber

City Hall. Plecy

6th Race

President Hall Nationalist¿I

6th Race

Misty Eve,

Lobster Bay, Marquis Hall

7th Race

Christmas Frolle. African Eve. O'Moon.

8th Race

Noukballs Movahaghe